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Bensusan Collection

  • Johannesburg's Camera Obscura and a world-class photographic collection
  • The Legacy of Dr Arthur David Bensusan

From our Archive

  • Some early Piquetberg farms illustrated by Johannes Cornelius Poortermans
  • My Caving Story including the survey of the Cango Caves - Helen Berrisford
  • Coal mining and the Anglo Boer War 1899-1902
  • Condemned Castle Cries for Help!
  • What are the Oldest Towns in South Africa?
  • Railways from War's End to Union (1902-1910)
  • The remarkable life of Charlotte Maxeke
  • When a Provincial Heritage Site is so desecrated one must question how they should be protected
  • Newtown's Edwardian Lavatory Survives Against the Odds
  • NZASM Structures of the Southern Line
  • HF Gros and his remarkable collection of early Transvaal Photographs
  • Clive Chipkin pays tribute to Robin Fee
  • On the lighter side - Some funny and peculiar South African vintage photographs
  • Port Elizabeth City Hall was almost demolished
  • Uproar in the Cape - The Arrival of the Convict Ship Neptune in 1849

From the Directory

  • Emmarentia Residents Association (ERA)
  • Historical Society of Port Elizabeth
  • Docomomo South Africa
  • Brian McKechnie - Architect & Heritage Consultant
  • Amafa / Heritage KwaZulu Natal
  • Border Historical Society
  • Five Hundred Year Archive Project
  • Eastern Cape Provincial Heritage Resources Authority (ECPHRA)
  • African Centre for Heritage Activities (ACHA)
  • Quagga Rare Books & Art
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